XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
An administrator wants to find all files in /var/log that have been modified within the last 2 days and have a .log extension. Which command should be used?
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Correct answer & explanation
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find /var/log -type f -mtime -2 -name "*.log"
The find command with -mtime -2 finds files modified less than 2 days ago, and -name '*.log' matches the extension.
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find /var/log -mtime 2 -name *.log
Why it's wrong here
-mtime 2 finds files modified exactly 2 days ago, not within 2 days. Also missing -type f and quotes around pattern.
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find /var/log -type f -mtime -2 -name "*.log"
Why this is correct
This correctly finds files modified within the last 2 days with .log extension.
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locate --mtime -2 *.log /var/log
Why it's wrong here
locate does not support -mtime; it uses a database.
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ls -la /var/log | grep "\.log$" | head -20
Why it's wrong here
This lists but does not filter by modification time.
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